ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES people, places, current events, and recent

• Several international companies dub the technologies.

Philippines as the “ICT Hub of Asia”. It is no •Courses on the internet called Online Instructions
secret that there is a huge growth of ICT – related are available to learn various lessons such as
jobs around the country, one of which is the call origami, cooking and even earn a college degree.
center or BPO centers. Libraries are now equipped with computers to
• ICT, or information and communications organize books and to expand the references
technology (or technologies), is the available to the students through the internet.
infrastructure and components that enable •Students use computers to type reports, do their
modern computing.Although there is no single, assignments, and communicate with
universal definition of teachers.School use computers to keep the
• ICT, the term is generally accepted to mean all database of information about the school and its
devices, networking components, applications and students.
systems that combined allow people and TELECOMMUNICATIONS
organizations to interact in the digital world. •Everyone uses the computer to send messages
• In the past few decades, information and and other information all over the world.
communication technologies have provided Computers are used to send letters, pictures, video
society with a vast array of new clips and other information all over the world.
communication capabilities. For example, Talking to and seeing friends, relatives and
people can communicate in real-time with others in acquaintances are made easier and a lot cheaper
different countries using technologies such as by the use of computers connected to the internet.
instant messaging, voice over IP (VoIP), and COMMERCE
videoconferencing. Social networking websites like •Shops and supermarkets use software which
Facebook allow users from all over the world to calculates the bills and efficiently processes both
remain in contact and communicate on a regular cash and credit transactions. Online shopping
basis. continues to grow in popularity since it provides a
•The list of ICT components is exhaustive, and it lot of choices for items and pricing from various
continues to grow. Some components, such as sources.
computers and telephones, have existed for SPORTS AND RECREATION
decades. Others, such as smartphones, digital •There are simulation software where athletes can
TVs and robots, are more recent entries. practice their skills, and the computer will identify
• A hashtag is a type of metadata tag used on the flaws in their technique. Use of computerized
social networks such as Twitter and other fitness programs, gadgets and equipment.
microblogging services, allowing users to apply Computers at home are used to play games, listen
dynamic, usergenerated tagging which makes it to music, and watch movies.
possible for others to easily find messages with a ARTS DESIGN AND MUSIC
specific theme or content.
•Image and graphic design, photo editing, and
• Information and Communications Technology
music arrangements.
(ICT) plays an important part in our lives and
Music and videos are shared online by their creator
in all aspects in our society. ICT has become
and can be downloaded free or for a fee.
the main method of communication, getting
MEDIA AND ARTS
information and education, attaining services
•Computers are used by animators to create
businesses, utilities, government.
cartoon characters in movies. Characters created
EDUCATION by computers look real – for example, dinosaurs
•Modern homes have computers for research and
look as if they still exist today. Dangerous and
learning by students and the family for school
almost impossible scenes are now possible with
lessons. They are also used to learn about other
state-of-the-art computer programs run by well BANKING
trained artists. •Almost all of our financial transactions are done by
SCIENCE AD RESEARCH computer software. They provide ease, security,
•Modern laboratories have computers used by speed, and convenience. Banks usually provide
chemists to invent materials, medicine, and remote services to their clients by installing
products to improve life. Physicists look for new Automated Teller Machines (ATM) controlled by a
renewable, safe, and affordable power sources network computer.
using computers. Mathematicians solves complex MATHEMATICS
problems with the use of superfast computations. •Computerized calculations in the creation of
TRAVEL AND HOTEL BOOKING buildings, machines, bridges, airplane, and radio
•Airline fares and tickets are now paid online; hotel communications.
and housing are also reserved using the internet, Solve differential equations and advanced
and even ship travels are booked online. numerical algorithms to solve the equations on high
Travel routes can be downloaded to your phones performance computers
Cars, boats, and other gadgets are equipped with ENGINEERING AND AGRICULTURE
navigational aids. •Architects design houses, building, and bridges,
BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING using Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs
•Computers in groceries are used by cashiers to which is a lot faster and presentable.
store prices of goods, determine inventory of Civil Engineers design and determine electrical
goods, locate the goods in the store. power requirements of buildings and houses
Computers in offices are used to store daily
business deals and transactions. •Netiquette is a combination of the words
•Call centers use computers to record received or network and etiquette and is defined as a set of
transmitted large volume of requests by telephone rules for acceptable online behavior.
to administer incoming product support or •The internet is defined as the information
information inquiries from consumers or superhighway. This means that anyone has
telemarketing. access to this highway, can place information, and
•Medical transcriptionists use computer to convert can grab that information. Any information, even
voice-recorded reports. As dictated by physicians or things you set privately, can be accessed one way
other healthcare professionals, into text formula. or another. This is why social networking sites like
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Facebook continue to improve their security
•Automobiles and other vehicles are manufactured features
using computer-aided machineries and robots; this •1. Be mindful of what you share online and what
is called computer-aided manufacturing site you share it to. 2. Do not just accept terms
(CAM). CAM is a programming tool that helps and conditions; read it. 3. Know the security
produce better products faster and cheaper with features of the social networking site you use. By
precision and accuracy. keeping your profile private, search engines will not
•Computers in industry are also used to design new be able to scan your profile 4. Do not share your
and better machines, test them in the computer password to anyone 5. Never post anything about
before they are manufactured. a future vacation. It is similar to posting , “Rob my
Some industries are fully automated, meaning all house at this date”. 6. Do not talk to strangers
the processes are being done by robots under whether online or face to face. 7. Add friends you
computer control such as car manufacturing and know in real life. 8. Avoid visiting untrusted
book manufacturing. This is called Computer websites 9. Install and update an antivirus
Integrated Manufacturing (CIM). software on your computer. 10. Avoid downloading
anything from untrusted websites.
11. Buy the software; do not use pirated ones additional target audience that emerge from time
12. Do not reply or click links from suspicious to time. It is done 24 hours a day, seven days a
emails. week in various languages as they choose.
OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS GOVERNMENT AND NGO WEBSITES
•Applications that allow for the viewing, creating •Organizations, including governmental or
and modifying of general office documents (e.g. volunteer groups, use the Web to promote their
spreadsheets, memos, presentations, letters, causes like education, social issues, health or for
personal database, form generation, image editing, that matter any filed conceivable.
etc.). ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITES
• Provide a standard document format • Ability to •Entertainment sites are heralding an important
format and customize documents as desired • development in the Web field as it is very often
Ability to track changes to a document • Ability to seen as the only reason for people, especially the
create interactive presentations • Ability to create youth, to use the Web. These may be cinemas,
custom customized spreadsheet applications • games, music, humour pages and the like.
Ability to create charts and graphs • Ability to •A Web site is a collection of related Web
check a document for grammar and spelling pages, images, videos or other digital assets that
inaccuracies • Information is readily shareable are addressed relative to a common Uniform
WORLD WIDE WEB Resource Locator (URL), often consisting of only
•The Web is another very powerful communication the domain name, or the IP address. Web site is a
mode of recent origin. It has turned out to be an site or set of files stored on the World Wide Web. It
increasingly important resource of encompassing all is viewed with a browser like Microsoft Internet
conceivable aspects of human life like business, Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Netscape. Each Web site
education, entertainment, governance, personal contains a home page (the main page which users
life, health and what not. see when they enter the site) and additional
•While most Web sites are free, some are fee- documents and files. The pages of a Web site can
based (subscription-based). In case of the latter, usually be accessed from the homepage or
the accesses to some or all of the contents are otherwise called Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
restricted by pass word. Such include business, The browser (the user‘s application to access
academic journal, and entertainment Web sites. homepage) with help of HTTP (the communication
WEB CATEGORIES mode/programme to access files that are stored in
•Considering the vast range of entities involved, the Web page) transfers and displays the page
Web sites can be generally categorized as: Personal content according to its HTML markup instructions
Web sites, Commercial Web sites, Organisational ( on how the structured data/text should be
including government and non-profit organization presented) onto a display terminal.
Web sites, and Entertainment Web sites INTERNET AND WEB
PERSONAL WEBSITES •Many tend to use the terms ‘Internet‘ and ‘Web‘
•An individual can keep in touch with his close interchangeably. The Web is but one way of
ones, seeks jobs or expresses himself through a making use of Internet. Internet is the connecting
Web site. Web pages are also means of not only means to Web, and Web site is store of information
sharing but also finding out about other individuals, which is connected to and shared through the
their culture, interests and life means of Internet.
BUSINESS WEBSITES FUNDAMNTALS O WEBSITE
•Business / commercial enterprises make good use •HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a computer
of the Web to promote their business. They publish language that describes how a page/text should be
their products /services to millions of potential formatted/presented in the Web site. It provides a
customers globally and at no extra cost for the means to create structured documents by denoting
structural semantics for text such as headings, of values, more colors, and placement in the
paragraphs, lists, links, quotes and other items. format
•In Static Web site the information is displayed •Balance - a feeling of visual equality in shape,
in the same format as they are stored in the server. form, value, color, etc. Balance can be symmetrical
Such information is primarily coded in HTML (and and evenly balanced, or asymmetrical and unevenly
the address ends in .htm). Most of the Web sites balanced
are static as they present predefined, static •Harmony - brings together a composition with
information, in the sense the pages retrieved by similar units. If for example your composition was
different users at different times remain the same. using wavy lines and organic shapes, you would
•Dynamic Web site pages are ones that retrieves stay with those types of lines and not put In just
fresh information each time you view (like the one geometric shape
latest news you see or various games you play on •Contrast - offers some change in value creating a
visual discord in a composition Contrast shows the
the Web).
difference between shapes and can be used as a
VISUAL DESIGN ELEMENTS background to bring obiects out and
•Line - describes a shape or outline. It can •Directional Movement - a visual flow
create texture and can be thick or thin. Lines through the composition. It can be the
may be actual, Implied, vertical, horizontal, suggestion of motion in a design as you move
diagonal, or contour lines. from object to object by way of
•Shape - usually a geometric area that stands out •Rhythm - a movement in which some
from the space next to or around it, or because of elements recur regularly. Like a dance, it
differences in value, color, or texture.
will have a flow of objects that will seem
to be like the beat of music.
•Value - the degree of light and dark in a •Perspective - created through the arrangement
design. It is the contrast between black and of objects in two dimensional space to look like
white and all the tones in between. Value can be
used with color as well as black and white. they appear in real life. Perspective IS a learned
Contrast is the extreme changes between values. meaning of the relationship between different
•Texture - the way a surface feels or is perceived objects seen in space
to feel. Texture can be added to attract or repel •Raster images are made up of a set grid of dots
interest to a visual element. Visual texture is the called pixels where each pixel is assigned a color.
illusion of the surfaces peaks and valleys, resulting Unlike a vector image, raster images are resolution
in a feeling of smoothness or roughness in objects dependent, meaning they exist at one size. When
• Color - determined by Its hue (name of color), you transform a raster image, you stretch the
intensity purity of the hue), and value (lightness
pixels themselves, which can result in a "pixelated"
or darkness of hue). Color and color combination
can play a large role in the design. Color may be or blurry image
used for emphasis, or may elicit emotions from •All raster images can be saved in one of two
viewers. Color maybe warm, cool, or neutral. primary color models: CMYK and RGB .CM Y
•Form - a figure having volume and thickness. K a four-color printing process that stands for
An illusion of a 3-dimensional object can be cyan, magenta, yellow and key (black). These
implied with the use of light and shading. Form colors represent the four inks that will
can be viewed from many angles. combine during the printing process. Files
VISUAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES saved in this format will be optimized for
Physical printing. All raster images can be
•consistency of margins, typeface,typlestyle, and saved in one of two primary color models:
colors is necessary especially in slide presentations CMYK and RGB.RGB is a light-based color
or documents that are more than one page. model that stands for red, green and blue.
•Center of interest - an area that first attracts These are the three primary colors of light
that combine to produce other colors. Files
attention in a composition. This area IS more saved in this format will be optimized for the
important when compared to the other obJects or web, mobile phones, film and video—anything
elements in a composition. This can be by contrast that appears on a screen.
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